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In 'Oliver Twist' did Fagin have a first name?

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Fagin may have been his first name.

The origin & meaning of first name Fagin
Origin: Gaelic
Meaning: Ardent.

Origin: Irish
Meaning: Variant of Fagan: Eager child.

Mar 18 2004, 7:29 PM
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I thought he had a first name.

Dickens went out of his way to have the character of Fagin be what the British thought of as a stereotypical Jew. Fagin is a variant of "Faegel" in Yiddish, or the German "Vogl". In Hebrew his last name might have been Tzipori or some other variant. As a first name, however, usually names like Faige are women's names (as in Lady Bird Johnson, or Moses' wife Tziporah). I'm pretty sure that Dickens' character had a first name, but I don't know what it was.

Mar 19 2004, 3:19 AM
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